069 This is Just the Beginning
After confidently raising the flag, Wang Heng maintained his own pace and steadily enjoyed his second campus life.
From Monday to Friday, he attended classes, read books, and wrote code in an orderly and fulfilling manner.
On Saturdays and Sundays, he would go to the Penguin building, present the code he had written, play the role of a programming prophet, and receive the praise and admiration of his colleagues who were, on average, about ten years older than him… Not only was it fulfilling, but it was also very satisfying.
It was another Friday. Wang Heng sat in the advanced math classroom and had already finished the post-chapter exercises in the textbook while the teacher was still lecturing. He twisted his neck, looked at the dazed or phone-gazing students around him, and smiled silently.
Naive children, have you finally experienced the academic difficulty of a top-tier university in the country?
Wang Ke, who was beside him, said as if in a dream, “Didn’t we just start talking about finding limits? How did we jump to here today…”
“This teacher’s lecturing speed,” the pen in Fu Hanwen’s hand was about to be snapped, “is he on a rocket?”
Tang Hexing’s voice was even trembling. “I didn’t even listen in the last two classes… Do you all already know how to use L’Hôpital’s rule?”
Wang Heng wanted to say, ‘Isn’t that the most basic of basics?’, but looking at his roommates’ faces and hearing the faint sighs of the other students around him, he felt that if he really said that, he might not be able to walk out of this classroom safely today.
So he said, “I’ve figured it all out. I’ll explain it to you guys when we get back.”
“Really?” His roommates cast hopeful gazes at him.
Wang Heng opened his notebook and showed them the results he had just finished writing. “I’ve finished all the post-chapter exercises. Do you guys want to take a look?”
Wang Ke quickly grabbed his hand and said excitedly, “Teacher, thank goodness for you!”
Wang Heng looked at his roommate’s handsome face, and goosebumps rose on his skin. “Speak properly, don’t touch me!”
On the podium, the teacher’s voice suddenly grew louder. “So you can’t integrate directly here. You need to use substitution…”
They noticed that the teacher had glanced over while speaking loudly, and they quickly shut their mouths, pretending to be listening attentively.
As the teacher lectured, he turned around and started writing an integral on the blackboard.
Wang Ke seized the opportunity and said in a small voice, “Teacher Wang, let me see your notebook!”
Wang Heng nodded, and then saw the notebook in his hand being snatched away. The speed was like a hungry dog snatching food. However, the one who snatched the notebook was not Wang Ke, but Fu Hanwen from the other side.
Wang Ke couldn’t help but protest, “How could you do this? I was first, I was clearly first!”
“Wang Ke, don’t talk like that. It’s a little scary…” Wang Heng rubbed the wrist he had just grabbed. “Anyway, there’s plenty of time after class. I can explain it to you guys one problem at a time. Don’t be in a hurry.”
Wang Ke nodded, but his face was a little dazed. He didn’t quite understand what was so scary about what he had said. Although the game and anime of a certain photo album already existed at this time, the meme hadn’t gone viral, and Wang Ke, who was not interested in ordinary romance plots, naturally couldn’t have known.
The class was still going on, and it was still a long time before it ended. Fu Hanwen started to read the notebook. The notebook not only had the problem-solving process but also a summary of the knowledge points, which made Fu Hanwen feel as if he had found a treasure. Tang Hexing and Wang Ke could only listen to the teacher for now—although they could no longer understand anything and couldn’t make sense of the formulas on the blackboard.
The surrounding students, whether they could follow the teacher’s train of thought or not, were at least still listening. But Wang Heng quietly took out his own laptop, connected to his phone’s hotspot, and then began his own speculative operation.
He sold all the Bitcoins in his account at once. Compared to the price when he bought them, it had already risen by 20 percent. In less than a month, the return was about 20%. Even for a professional investor, this was a pretty good result.
In other words, of Lu Qi’s one hundred thousand, he had made a net profit of about twenty thousand. And his own fifty thousand had also made a net profit of ten thousand.
“Alright, it should fall within a month… I need to keep a close eye on it.”
**
That evening, when it was time to get off work, Lu Qi’s work at hand had temporarily come to an end, so she went downstairs for dinner.
She still had to work overtime after dinner, and time was tight, so she casually found a noodle shop and ordered a bowl of noodles.
While waiting for the noodles to be served, Lu Qi took out her phone to browse the latest news. After less than half a minute, a news headline caught her attention.
“The popularity of Silk Road drives up the price of Bitcoin…”
Although she was a senior programmer, she didn’t know much about this website hidden in the darkness. She clicked on the headline and, after reading the report, couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
Hiring assassins, illicit drugs, counterfeit money, forged documents… all kinds of shady transactions from all over the world could be found on Silk Road, and they all used Bitcoin for settlement, making it difficult for the police of various countries to investigate. And the popularity of this website, coupled with its rule of only allowing transactions in Bitcoin, had driven the price of Bitcoin even higher.
But wasn’t this kind of market too dangerous?
Thinking this, Lu Qi dialed Wang Heng’s phone number.
At this moment, the waiter served the bowl of noodles she had ordered. She picked up her chopsticks and stirred the noodles in the bowl, but she didn’t eat.
Because Wang Heng had answered the phone and asked, “Sister Lu, what’s up?”
Lu Qi hesitated for a moment and said, “Bitcoin has been rising quite a bit recently. Did you know?”
Wang Heng: “I know. And I just sold them yesterday.”
Lu Qi was surprised. “Didn’t you say you were going to wait until the end of the year! Why did you sell them now?”
Wang Heng on the other end of the line seemed to be eating too. He explained while chewing, “Because the recent price increase is driven by the black market. The risk is too great, so I’m avoiding it for now. After that Silk Road is taken down, the price will definitely fall. That will be the time to buy the dip.”
“Silk Road being taken down…” Lu Qi asked doubtfully, “Are you that sure?”
Wang Heng: “Think about it. The federal intelligence agencies are so powerful. Can they just sit by and watch Silk Road jump up and slap them in the face? The more popular something like the black market is, the shorter its lifespan. In short, Sister Lu, you can rest assured. I’ve already secured a 10% return for you. The next time we buy the dip, we can buy a few more.”
For a moment, Lu Qi didn’t know what to say.
She had made this call to remind him, but now it seemed that he didn’t need any reminder at all.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qi said again, “Then I’ll be waiting for your good news. By the end of the year, I’m planning to buy a small house in Rongdu.”
Wang Heng immediately said, “If you can buy one, you should buy it now. Don’t wait until the end of the year.”
At this moment, Lu Qi had picked up some noodles with her chopsticks and was about to take a bite. But hearing his words, she couldn’t help but become curious again.
“Are you that sure that housing prices will rise again?”
“Sure, certain, and definitely.”
